Linux-Setup Digest #365, Volume #20 Sun, 7 Jan 01 08:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: Huh? "fatal RPM error" when "reading from database" (Linux User)
Re: netscape startup question (David)
Want web hosting? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Host name lookup failure. (David)
Re: Where exactly on disk does EZ-BIOS (et al) reside? (David)
Re: Ramdisk error! ("Peter T. Breuer")
Help - xinet.d - Redhat Service Change ("Thomas B.")
Re: Dummy in Linux -- Linux version from web ("Jan Oberl�nder")
Installing Linux over Win98 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Corel Linux Deluxe Won't Install on Thinkpad (Matthew S. Staben)
problem with PATH and jdk install (Cameron Bell)
Re: DOSEMU (Martin Bock)
Re: Plea for help with booting. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing Linux over Win98 ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: Bash Command not found ("James")
fully qualified domainname ? ("James")
Re: at daemon fails to startup (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: exec tcsh,need help (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: Install RH 6.2 over FTP (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: RH 7 & kernel 2.4.0 (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
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From: Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Huh? "fatal RPM error" when "reading from database"
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 00:16:26 -0800
Hello,
This is a bug listed on bugzilla. It was posted 12-29. It is not listed as
confirmed.
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22974
Jim H
12:12am up 75 days, 2:04, 3 users, 1.54, 1.23, 1.08
Phil Edwards wrote:
> [note crossposts and followups]
>
>
> I'm running RH 7. Installing new rpm's, querying rpm's, etc, all work
> fine. But trying to use the up2date program bombs with this text:
>
> [~]# up2date
>
> Retrieving list of all available packages...
>
> Removing installed packages from list of updates...
> 100.0%
> Removing packages marked to skip from list...
> 100.0%
> Getting headers for available packages...
> 100.0%
> Removing packages with files marked to skip from list...
> There was a fatal RPM error. The message was:
> error reading from database
> [~]#
>
> So after scouring the man pages, I tried "rpm -v --rebuilddb". It sat
> for a while and then exited, never printing a thing. (So much for -v.)
> Still got the same error from up2date.
>
> What is it talking about and how can I fix it? I am not an rpm expert...
>
>
>
> Much thanks for any tips,
> Phil
>
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape startup question
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 08:39:05 GMT
freedman wrote:
>
> When my netscape starts up it displays file:/usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html in
> the location box. How does one change what is used for the initial location?
In "Edit/preferences/Navigator" change Home Page
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Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 08:26:56 GMT
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Host name lookup failure.
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 08:40:36 GMT
Ron House wrote:
>
> David wrote:
> >
> > Ron House wrote:
> > >...
> > > 1) Why does X fail to get the hostname when I can get it running the
> > > same command?
> > >
> > > 2) Why does X wipe out the scrollback for the text window from which X
> > > was started?
> >
> > Does the /etc/hosts file show something like this for the loopback line.
> >
> > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> >
> > Or something like this?
> >
> > 127.0.0.1 localhost hostname.domain.com
>
> It says (exactly) the following, which doesn't contain my computer name
> at all.
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
>
> But this is also precisely what it was before the upgrade, and I didn't
> see this error before.
Ok, look in /etc/HOSTNAME and /etc/sysconfig/network
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where exactly on disk does EZ-BIOS (et al) reside?
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 08:43:13 GMT
Trebor wrote:
>
> Where do programs like EZ-BIOS and MaxBlast reside on a hard disk? Is it in
> the master boot record, as part of the master boot code? Or, does it reside
> in the volume boot code of the active partition?
>
> Anybody know of a site that describes how these programs work (I've already
> visited Maxtor's customer support web site, which gives some superficial
> info .. I'm curious how these things really work, beyond the basics)
>
> In particular, I'd like to understand how I can make an old drive that uses
> EZ-BIOS as a secondary drive in linux. Am I faced with having to backup,
> re-partition, re-format and restore the disk? Or, can I get away with
> something simpler, like just replacing the MBR? (wishful thinking)
In DOS/win fdisk delete all partitions.
Install Linux and format the drive during the install. That is how I did
it on my maxtor drive. You don't need EZ-BIOS for linux.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ramdisk error!
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 10:05:08 +0100
Garrett Krueger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> attempts to mount the RAM disk after which it returns saying, "Error loading
> RAMdisk"
> followed by, "/dev/hda1 doesn't appear to contain in installation tree" -- which
> is incorrect.
I doubt it. If you installed it on a dos partitiion without due care,
all the filenames will be wrong.
> can't remember the syntax or where it is entered -- it's something ..._Ramdisk=0
> or ...load_Ramdisk=0 or something. Any chance either of you know it or have
You know, because YOU have read the BootPrompt HOWTO, haven't you? But
why would disabling a ramdisk help? Look at RedHat's instructions! You
seem curiously loath to read.
> RAM I can get under $39 per 128M so I'm satisfied there.
Then go for it.
Peter
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From: "Thomas B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help - xinet.d - Redhat Service Change
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 01:27:27 -0800
Redhat changed the file and startup structure for the inetd services in the
newest release - Redhat 7.
Now, instead of being in one file, there is one file for each service in
/etc/xinit.d. The file has startup information in it such as whether the
service is disabled or not, flags, socket_type, etc.
The problem is "swat", the gui interface for Samba has an additional
parameter called "only_from" that determines who can run swat.
I can't find any documentation for the syntax of this option. I can specify
multiple fully qualified IP addresses, but I can't figure out how to specify
a domain or range of addresses.
I've tried "192.168.10" and "192.168.10." but neither works.
Anyone know where the documentation is?
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From: "Jan Oberl�nder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dummy in Linux -- Linux version from web
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 10:34:01 +0100
Hi,
> I want to download Mandrak Linux 7.2 and I found there are that many
> many files in its RPMS folder. Do I need to right-click every file to
> download them?
> (Sure, there are also lots of other folders outside RPMS folder.) It's a
> lot of work. Is there an easier way? I feel like a dummy in Linux. Do
> most of you buy CD or get CD for free so you do not need to download
> that way?
Well if you want to download the wohle thing anyway, better get an ISO CD
image. Go to www.linuxiso.org for a start; Mandrake's site should also
give you a link.
Jan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Installing Linux over Win98
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 09:49:09 GMT
I'm trying to install linux in a dual boot config with Win98. There is
no way for me to backup every thing. Can I safely partition my 20gig HD
without seriously messing up Windows? Any help would be appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew S. Staben)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.corel
Subject: Corel Linux Deluxe Won't Install on Thinkpad
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 10:25:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi All,
As an _old_ expert, I decided one night to give Linux another whirl; I
have used FreeBSD, Linux of various flavors, and today use Windows 95
and OS/2 Warp 4 on my Thinkpad 770ED. I think there's a partition
locked away with a reasonable facsimile of BeOS, despite the lack of
high resolution at true color.
Keeping my eyes out for a chance then, I spied a nice discount copy of
Corel Linux Deluxe, I couldn't resist the deal, with the freaking
Penquin doll; WordPerfect 8; BRU; and some galaxy conqueror game.
Ah ... graphical install program -- one shot. It's turned out that I
don't give a damn about fiddling with the kernel *at all*. I
architect embedded firmware, for crying out loud. Been there, done
that. For Christ's Sake, all I want to do is fiddle around with
Linux, and perhaps get myself a Linux SIMM (www.lineo.com) where I can
mount my computer's hard disk via a network cable, and load the flash
with my little 2-watt web page, using a terminal program to command
Linux on the SIMM. This thing is pretty neat, it can actually act as
a smart network card with the Ethernet chip. Those old NE2000 cards
are now shrunk to simple piece of plastic.
Now I'm excited, you see. So I taking the package home, I take out
the OS CD, and boot the floppy with the CD in the drive -- it whirls,
and the last thing I saw is some message about loading a graphical
install program. The screen then goes blank. If I change the size
using the Fn-F8 key (DOS screens do not use all 1024,768 pixels --
their character sets are simply not designed for anything greater than
640,480) to the warped size (dithered, antialiased, and flood-filled
characters) and back -- a series of paired four-pixel-wide vertical
bars then fills my screen. If I type characters, the screen snows in
some scattered debris behind the bars. It is clear the install
program does not detect my video type; a Trident.
But the fucking thing's on a CD. I check the nice book that comes
with the package (damn, wish it would have worked!) to see if there
are any keys or other ways to cause a default 16-color VGA to be the
graphical install interface rather than having the INSTALL PROGRAM
(even Windows doesn't try this shit) jump into an unknown graphical
mode. Curses!
Thus, my first question. IS THERE SUCH A KEY THAT CAN BE PRESSED TO
AT LEAST GET THROUGH AN INSTALL? Or am I going to have to do this the
hard way? fsck, format, write boot record, copy files, hmm, what
exactly will I have to do ? -- hopefully it's easy as I'm thinking it
is, but having worked with experimental software, I'm not holding my
breath. More to the point, I'm not real concerned if the MWave will
work, but to have full benefit of my XGA LCD, is a crucial point as
well.
Telll me though: Why the fuck did Corel have to go and fuck up this
too? Have any of you tried WordPerfect 9 and its automatic
bulleting/outline feature? It doesn't work! And consider that I
didn't know the automatic feature could even be turned off for four
months of fucking torture (I am forced to use Version 9 due to a
misguided company-wide upgrade from Version 7 which was just fine); I
began to avoid even numbering my technical documents! Shit! Insert a
table, and the numbers can't continue; they want to start over, or do
something completely unexpected!! Turn the fancy shit off like I
figured out after quite a lot of grief, and things are alright --
almost just like WordPerfect 7 but much uglier and a hell of a lot
slower.
That's right. Corel sells fucked up shit. It's one thing to have
problems maintaining a Word Processor that admittedly was at one time
the best for a character-based environment (v. 6 for DOS was a
fantastic way of attacking the interface paradigm change -- but that
wasn't Corel), but to just do a string of fuckups like Corel has done
damages their credibility. It's because they make it hard for those
who are briefly interested in Corel to ever be again.
Incidentally, I'm now going to see if it's going to be possible to
install Corel Linux the round-about way because it's a challenge now
-- I'll look at it over the next month or two, or perhaps next Fall on
a rainy day, but I do this out of respect for Corel -- a has-been --
unable to compete in the arena against the "evil" Microsoft Windows.
Buh-bye Corel!
Matthew S. Staben
--
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armor to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos
neatly ignores the fact that it was he, who by peddling second-rate
technology, led them into it in the first place." - Douglas Adams
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From: Cameron Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem with PATH and jdk install
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 22:15:16 +1100
I want to install jdk1.2.2 on RH6.2 with KDE. Before installation, the
command "which java" tells me none is installed. When I change the PATH
setting in my .bash_profile as required and then run .
$HOME/.bash_profile
then I get a satisfactory response until I log out! When I log in again
I
have to run . $HOME/.bash_profile again. I thought that .bash_profile
was
read on each (KDE) login. Can anyone help explain why it isn't reading
it
automatically on login?
Thanks
Cameron
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From: Martin Bock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: DOSEMU
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 12:15:16 +0100
Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sat, 6 Jan 2001 11:32:21 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>wrote:
>
>>Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I thought I'd have a play with this on my slackware laptop, but it
>>> won't compile properly - complains about a missing file "version.h"
[Snip]
>>I have Slackware 7.1 from the Walnut Creek CDROM set. "version.h"
>>lives in /usr/src/linux/include/linux.
>
>
>Nope, I have slack 7.1 with the latest (at least up until last
>wednesday) kernel, and there'e no "version.h" anywhere in the unpacked
>linux-2.2.18 file. The dosemu documentation says this is one of the
>most common problems people have, but don't follow that up by telling
>you what to do about it. Is this a bug in the kernel release?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Harry
>
>
>(Linux - an obstacle at every turn...)
Hello Harry,
after compilation of a kernel from the sources the missing file
'version.h' will be in the proper place.
Same thing with compilation of 'lilo' and missing 'autoconf.h'.
(Corrected F'up to colm)
HTH
--
Martin www.martin-bock.de
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Plea for help with booting.
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 11:49:34 GMT
Thanks, I'll look into it.
--lichen.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
olgnuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's basic base ;-)
>
> Bin, doc and compat, but the installer will help you build and
configure
> a command line chat script dialer and once you get the Midnight
> Commander file manager and get a lynx browser it's kind of fun to do
the
> rest. debian.org is the place to start.
>
> Charlie
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Wow, that's really interesting. I didn't know about that option.
>
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Linux over Win98
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:03:52 +0100
> I'm trying to install linux in a dual boot config with Win98. There is
> no way for me to backup every thing. Can I safely partition my 20gig HD
> without seriously messing up Windows?
No. repartitioning is never safe. It usually goes without problems though.
But how well it goes when something out of the ordinary is encountered,
depends largely on your skills and knowledge. I'd try FIPS.EXE if I were
you, to split your current partition. It's pretty safe and fairly simple.
If you have the money to spare, buy Partition Magic. It's more a program a
windows user understands.
Eric
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From: "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bash Command not found
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:00:43 +0100
If you are sure to have typed the program names correctly (watch out for the
cases) as "root" and it still doesn't find the command, look whether bash
searches the directory in which the executable file is (find out by typing
"locate Linuxconf" and then see with "echo $PATH" if the directory is
listed, if not add the directory by typing "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin"
(fill in the appropriate path for /usr/sbin in this example).
James
"Roger Hawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:4fO56.18157$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am running Redhat 7 when I try sndconfig, xconfigurator, or linuxconf I
> get Bash Command not found. I am extremely new to this OS.
>
>
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From: "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: fully qualified domainname ?
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:04:02 +0100
I'm using a rh7 machine which is temporarily connected to the internet and
I'm planning to set up a small LAN at my home, but I have no idea what to
take as my fully qualified domainname/hostname? Does anybody have an idea ?
Thanks, James
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: at daemon fails to startup
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:50:59 +0100
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Ted Troccola wrote:
> I recently duplicated a working Red Hat 6.1 system.
>
> I duplicated the entire filesystem on a second hard drive in the same box
> ( so no hardware changed ), updated the fstab to point to new partitions and
> tried to boot to the new root partition ( using LILO: linux root=/dev/hda7
> where hda7 is my new root partition)
>
> I see everything start correctly, except for the "at daemon". This fails on
> the new system, but works fine on the old.
>
> Any ideas why?
Eh, some time ago, I had the same problem after a crash. It turned out to
be /dev/null, that was replaced by a normal (empty) file.
Try to do "ls -l /dev/null" - it should give something like
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 fre jan 05 15:33:21 2001
/dev/null
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: exec tcsh,need help
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:57:42 +0100
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
> RH6.2 Q:
> Can i activate tcsh from user's .bash_profile by typing:
>
> if (! $?tcsh && $?prompt && -x /usr/um/bin/tcsh ) then
> exec /usr/um/bin/tcsh
>
> This should act like user with bash typed "tcsh" at the prompt when
> logged in. right?.
> Not sure about the tcsh's location. I have to "which tcsh".
> J
Make sure, tcsh is installed: 'rpm -q tcsh'.
Next, if I understand correctly', you want tcsh as your default shell? You
can do this by 'chsh', entering your password and enter '/bin/tcsh'. Now
logout and login again - and it should be there.
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,redhat.general,redhat.config
Subject: Re: Install RH 6.2 over FTP
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 14:02:07 +0100
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, H.A.J. van Niekerk wrote:
> Thank you. I tried this with the same result. Any other options?
>
> Huub
Hmmm... You are sure it is 100% NE2000 compatible? Try some other drivers
- perhaps some other will do..
Rasmus B�g Hansen
> Rasmus B�g Hansen wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, H.A.J. van Niekerk wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying to install RH 6.2 via FTP-floppie on a pc currently running
> > > RH 5.2. The pc is i386, no CDROM, 8MB RAM, nic= NE2000 ISA clone.Nic is
> > > ok, because when I boot RH 5.2 I can connect to and ping everything on
> > > the network. When I boot from FTP-floppie, and choose FTP it says 'ne.o:
> > > device or resource busy'. What is happening here and why?
> >
> > You probably have to specify the io address and/or irq. Start the
> > installation in expert mode and you will get this possibilty.
> >
> > Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7 & kernel 2.4.0
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 14:08:00 +0100
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, root wrote:
> Perhaps if you told us what card...
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I installed kernel 2.4.0 yesterday and everything works fine except my
> > network card . It used to work with the stock kernel 2.2.x which comes
> > out of box with RH 7. If I reboot using old kernel network card works
> > just fine.
> >
> > Any idea where I am going wrong ?
> >
> > regards
> >
> > EM
You did compile the right driver in 'Network drivers'?
Also, if you use an RTL8139, you have to change the line 'alias eth0
rtl8139' to 'alias eth0 8139too' in /etc/modules.conf.
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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